{"id":52260,"date":"2014-10-08T19:10:10","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T19:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/?p=52260"},"modified":"2015-03-13T00:24:56","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T00:24:56","slug":"2-late-as-in-new-entries-to-the-vocation-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/2014\/10\/08\/2-late-as-in-new-entries-to-the-vocation-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Late (as in New) Entries to the Vocation Post &#8211; UPDATED"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><strong>Nothing is static.<\/strong> I recently posted my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/2014\/10\/01\/nun-news-autumn-vocation-roundup-2014\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">annual \u201cNun News Roundup\u201d piece<\/a> (which had helpful reader additions in the combox), but just a few days later \u2014 on a great Marian Solemnity  \u2014 these two very Mary-connected communities welcomed newbies!<\/p>\n<p>I knew the Summit Dominicans were expecting a postulant in October (and more to come this year; that\u2019s why they desperately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/2014\/05\/20\/a-joyful-community-of-intercessors-needs-a-bit-more-space\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">need to succeed in their building campaign)<\/a>, but not this early. <a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/7\/2014\/10\/sister-emily-entrance.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/7\/2014\/10\/sister-emily-entrance-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"sister emily entrance\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-52261\"><\/a> Yesterday they welcomed Sister Emily, and decked her out in <a href=\"http:\/\/nunsopsummit.org\/2014\/10\/solemnity-of-our-lady-of-the-rosary-brings-a-new-postulant\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">their robin\u2019s egg blue postulant\u2019s jumper<\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Solemnity of Our Lady of the Rosary is always a special day for our community as it is the patronal feast of our Monastery, but this year it was extra special with the entrance of a new postulant! This afternoon Sr. Emily entered the enclosure to begin her postulancy\u2026She graduated from La Salle University with a BS in nutrition and is a registered dietitian. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There is a gallery of pictures, and it looks like the nuns had a whale of a time holding adorable babies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/7\/2014\/10\/Kylie-enters-slaves.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/7\/2014\/10\/Kylie-enters-slaves-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Kylie enters slaves\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-52276\"><\/a> <strong>Meanwhile the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saintbenedict.com\/index.php\/sbc-newsblog\/blog\/item\/1734-joining-the-ranks\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sisters, Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary<\/a><\/strong>, which functions in the Extraordinary Form, gave their postulant\u2019s garb to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SistersMICM\/posts\/336304549885845\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">young Kylie<\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>On the feast of the Holy Rosary, Kylie Spinelli from New York, became a postulant, taking the first step to becoming a Slave of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.<\/p>\n<p>This six month period, a prelude to the Noviciate, will offer our new postulant a chance to live the life of a Sister in serious discernment. We are so happy to receive her into our religious family!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There is also a gallery of pictures, there. This is a nice shot of the novitiate:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/7\/2014\/10\/slaves-novitiate-e1412794222673.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/7\/2014\/10\/slaves-novitiate-e1412794222673.jpg\" alt=\"slaves novitiate\" width=\"530\" height=\"353\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52269\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Let us pray for more and more vocations<\/strong> to the priesthood and religious life, and \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/synodonfamily.wordpress.com\/2014\/10\/07\/cardinal-nichols-on-desire-and-fidelity\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">as is being discussed within the synod<\/a> \u2014 for a renewed understanding of the vocations of matrimony and to the single life, as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:<br>\nAnd on the same day<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcheartponderings.blogspot.com\/2014\/10\/dear-sarah-in-future-you-will-be-called.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">A new Poor Clare Novice<\/a>, out of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcheartponderings.blogspot.com\/2014\/08\/novitiate-update.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">this novitiate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I wonder if these young ladies experience<\/strong> something of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/prayergardens\/2014\/10\/uprooted-and-reorienting-fear\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">shock of an uprooting<\/a>, as described here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:<\/strong><br>\n<strong>A Must Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thefont\/2014\/10\/sure-we-need-nuns-but-not-my-daughter\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Sure, we need nuns, but not my daughter!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing is static. 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I knew the Summit Dominicans were expecting a postulant in October (and more to come [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":52269,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,69,187],"tags":[1964,4872,4873,1966,1965,4940,569],"class_list":["post-52260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-catholic-vocations","category-dominican-order","category-nun-news","tag-marian-religious","tag-marriage","tag-mary","tag-nuns-and-sisters","tag-summit-dominincans","tag-synod","tag-vocations"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2 Late (as in New) Entries to the Vocation Post - UPDATED<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nothing is static. 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